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2006 Caribbean Poker Classic Tournament: Third Day Results, Hold'em Blackjack Invitational.
$300+ $30 No Limit Hold'em, November 26th, 2:00pm
Entries: 96
Prize pool: $27,940
The third day of the 2006 Caribbean Poker Classic starts with a $300+30 no-limit hold'em freeze-out, with 96 entrants. Among the participants Martin Wendt, Kathy Liebert, Tony Chessa, Carlo Citrone, Paul Zimbler, Peter Gold & Robert Varkonyi - so this is not just an average small tournament that we are playing here.
The second no-limit hold'em freeze-out of this Caribbean Poker Classic was perfectly characterized by TV presenter Norman Pace, better known as being one half of the successful British comedy duo "Hal & Pace". Norman, being an avid and quite skillful poker player, remarked: "It is a suckout evening" - and that's exactly what it was. After all the Stars that I mentioned in my previous update had long been eliminated, we had a final table where the money was relatively shallow - and where winning or losing one pot could thus make all the difference.
The person involved in most of these high-risk showdown situations was Tony Cascarino. Having won a massive pot with K Q against an AQ by catching a king on the turn, he then lost these chips to Andreas Forsgren with QQ versus TT. Being a big favorite with his bigger pair, Tony saw the Swede outdraw him by flopping a ten. And having gotten shortstacked after that pot, Tony then survived when again the best hand got beaten. Having reraised all-in with an A 3, button Andreas Forsgren turned out to have a real hand with an AQ, a hand that dominated the former Irish soccer player. So much for theory - a trey came on the flop to again let the worse hand win, and to keep Cascarino in the saddle.
The only person at this table who wasn't involved in all that many high-risk all-in-before-the-flop situations was the stong James Akenhead. He played good and aggressive poker, and when he needed to show a good hand, he usually did. Despite losing a massive pot with A J against an AK, all the money in before the flop (a flop that came with two hearts, just to build the suspense a little), the Englishman kept his cool. Supported by his equally cool fellow countrymen Paul "Actionjack" Jackson and Peter Gold, he did what he was supposed to do.
Despite the fact that at the start of three-handed play it was Andreas who had more than half the chips in play (estimated chip count: Andreas 162K, Tony 38K, James 92K) and the blinds were already 3K-6K with a 500 ante, James never pushed the panic button. Quite the contrary: He first reraised Andreas to make him lay down, and then won a small blind / big blind confrontation against the same player, to take over as the chipleader.
Andreas started losing pots just when it mattered most, and was taken out by Tony Cascarino, whose A8 and the A86 flop matched perfectly. But then on the final hand Tony got eliminated by the strong Akenhead, who - basically for the first time this final - needed a little luck to win the pot. Having started with J4 for the worse hand, he rivered a straight - to be crowned the well-deserved champion of this $300+30 freeze-out.
Here are the complete results of the tournament:
Rank NAME NATION CASH
1 James Akenhead England $9,500
2 Tony Cascarino England /Ireland $4,800
3 Andreas Forsgren Sweden $3,600
4 Francois Tardieu France $2,800
5 Allan Johns England $2,200
6 David Maman France $1,700
7 Sharad Mehtar India $1,400
8 Richard Hagglund Sweden $1,100
9 Mickael Amar France $840
$200+ $20 Super Satellite, November 26th, 8:00pm
Entries: 55
Rebuys: 45
Add ons: 34
Prize pool: $26,800
Results of the Satellites: 3 seats to the MAin Event have been won:
Morgan Karlsson - SEAT
Samuel Lehtonen - SEAT
Jan Dahl - SEAT
Frazer Macyntire - Cash
Hold'em Blackjack Invitational, November 26th, 11:00pm
Entries: Tony Chessa, Simon Trumper, Stuart Gunn, Kathy Liebert, Pete Giordano, and Todd Witteles.
Winner takes all - PETE GIORDANO WINS A SEAT AT THE HOLD'EM BLACKJACK $1,000+$100, 50k ADDED.
This year's action on Caribbean Poker Classic is very HOT! You can also see streaming video and photos of the event on SunPoker's website in news section.
Source: Sun Poker
By Rolf Slotboom
Posted on www.pokerpages.com
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